Dans un futur proche… Le village de Bacurau dans le sertão brésilien fait le deuil de sa matriarche Carmelita qui s’est éteinte à 94 ans. Quelques jours plus tard, les habitants remarquent que Bacurau a disparu de la carte.
A young woman inherits a house marked by family disputes and discovers a room concealing a terrifying secret, which triggers a journey into a dark and mysterious legacy.
A group of youngsters get lost while hiking in the woods and are suddenly attacked. Wounded and with one of them have being captured, they find shelter in an eerie village shrouded in an eternal mist, a place from where no one can escape.